Why The Royal Mail Is Losing A Fortune

I popped out this afternoon to pay my TV/Internet and Phone bill.

It seems the Royal Mail have now introduced a charge of just under £2 to do this at my local post office. If I go to my local small supermarket (next door to the old post office that closed in 2003) I can pay nearly all my bills for free.

Do you get the feeling the government has already decided it wants to close the small post offices that actually remain, and that instead it wants to boost the finances of Londis, Spar, Robinsons's and similar companies?